Letter to Iranian Leadership: End the Violence Immediately

The Holy Qur’an teaches us, “If anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.” And today we are compelled to communiate our pain and outrage about the violence being inflicted on peaceful Iranians. The killings of innocent civilians, beatings of elderly women and young students alike, and imprisonment without charge of hundreds of civilians – done in the name of Islam – serve to slander this holy religion whose name itself means the “making of peace.”

For the full text of the letter signed by 35 national organizations, including the Resource Center for Nonviolence, go to www.forpeace.net, click on Iran (at top of page), then scroll down to the letter.